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Curriculum Vitae


MASATOSHI NEI

 

EDUCATION:      

        Institution

Degree Year Field
Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan B.S. 1953 Genetics
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan M.S. 1955 Quantitative Genetics
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Ph.D. 1959 Quantitative Genetics
University of California, Davis, CA and
     North Carolina State Univ.,
Raleigh, NC
Postdoc. 1960‑61 Population Genetics
       
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
1994 present

Evan Pugh Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1990 ‑ present

Director, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

2001 (8-11) Visiting Professor of Biology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
1990 ‑ 1994

Distinguished Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1972 ‑ 1990

Professor of Population Genetics, Center for Demographic and Population Genetics, University of Texas at Houston, Texas

1978 ‑ 1980;
    1986 ‑ 1987

Acting Director, Center for Demographic and Population Genetics, University  of Texas at Houston, Texas

1971 ‑ 1972 Professor of Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1969 ‑ 1971 Associate Professor of Biology, Brown University
1965 ‑ 1969

Head, Population Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan

1962 ‑ 1965 Geneticist, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
1958 ‑ 1962 Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
   
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2004 - present Advisory Board, Gene: Evolutionary Genomics
2002 ‑ 2004 Consulting Editor, Journal of Molecular Evolution
2001 ‑ 2002 Member of the Organizing Committee on the Joint Meeting of the Molecular Biology and Evolution and the International Society of Molecular Evolution, Sorrento, Italy, June 13-16, 2002
2001 Member of the Organizing Committee on the International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics, Atami, Japan, November 4-6, 2001
1999 Member, Site Visit Team for the review of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD
1999 Organizer, Annual Meeting of the American Genetic Association, State College, PA
1999 President, American Genetic Association
1998‑2000 Council member, American Genetic Association
1998 Selection Committee for the International Prize for Biology, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
1996 Evaluation of Graduate University of Advanced Studies, Hayama, Japan
1995 Evaluation of The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan
1995 ‑ present Associate Editor, Journal of Heredity
1995 ‑ 2000 Advisory Committee, Diversity in Human DNA Sequences, Stanford University School of Medicine
1994 1996 Committee on DNA Forensic Science: An Update, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
1994 Working Group on Genetic Distancing, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Animal Production and Health Division, Rome, Italy
1994 President, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
1992 ‑ 1995 Council member, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
1992 ‑ 2004 Editorial Board, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
1988 ‑ 1994 Board of Overseers of Harvard University (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)
1988 Ad hoc Member, NIH Genetics Study Section
1985 ‑ 1997 Advisory Board, Gene Geography, Rome, Italy
1983 ‑ 1993 Managing Editor, Molecular Biology and Evolution
1981 ‑ 1984 Associate Editor, Biotest Bulletin (London)
1980 ‑ 1986 Intl. Committee of Intl. Cong. Systematic and Evolutionary Biology
1980 Ad hoc Member, NIH Genetic Basis of Disease Committee
1979 ‑ 2001 Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Evolution
1977 ‑ 1985 Associate Editor, Genetics
1973 ‑ 1984 Associate Editor, Theoretical Population Biology
1973 ‑ 1980 NIH Special Study Section
1973 ‑ 1976 Editorial Board, Evolutionary Theory
1967 ‑ 1969 Editorial Board, Japanese Journal of Human Genetics
1964 ‑ 1969 Editorial Board, Japanese Journal of Genetics
   
HONORS:
1977 Japan Society of Human Genetics Award
1977 D. Sc. Degree, Kyushu University, Kyushu
1989 Honorary Member, Genetics Society of Japan
1990 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1990 Kihara Prize, Genetics Society of Japan
1993 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1996 Honorary Member, Japan Society of Human Genetics
1997 Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA
1999 P. R. Krishnaiah Memorial Lecture, Statistics Department, Pennsylvania State University
2000 Honorary Member, Japan Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
2000 Masatoshi Nei Annual Lecture, established for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
2000 Certificate of Award "Highly Cited Researchers" from the Institute for Scientific Information
2001

Wilhelmine E. Key Invitational Lecture, Annual Meeting of American Genetic Association, San Diego, CA

2001 Honorary Member, Japan Society of Animal Genetics and Breeding
2002 2002 International Prize for Biology, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2002 Honorary Doctorate, Miyazaki University, Japan
2003 Barbara Bowman Award, Texas Genetics Society, Austin, TX
2006 Thomas Hunt Mrogan Medal Award, Genetics Society of America, San Diego, CA
 
MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Genetic Association

Genetics Society of America

Genetics Society of Japan (Honorary Member)

National Academy of Sciences, USA

Japan Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (Honorary Member)

Japan Society of Human Genetics (Honorary Member)

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Japan Society of Animal Genetics and Breeding (Honorary Member)


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